For four years we built and showed prize-winning booths at IAAPA EXPO, the world’s largest trade show for the theme park industry. Right after the 2019 show, we fabricated a new killer display for the 2020 EXPO… but then COVID happened and the trade show was cancelled. We skipped the 2021 show for the same reason. In 2022 and 2023 we were far too busy to consider attending the show and this year will be the same. As we looked ahead to our committed workload for the next two years it will be more of the same. That means it was time to take a serious look at our trade show booth and its future… which realistically means we will scrap it… save for the centrepiece. The JET KABOB photo op is much too pretty to waste. In case you were wondering the ‘G’ emblem in the grill is to honour Grant, my favourite son-in-law. As soon as our shop building repaint is complete the duel jet-engined vehicle will be moved to a place of distinction in the planter in front of our shop. Visitors will have the opportunity to pose for the slickest selfie ever as they ‘test-drive’ this beauty. We even have some very cool steampunk-styled goggles they can don for an extra measure of coolness…
One thing leads to another!
It is interesting how so often one small idea leads to another and another. Before you know it a project becomes much, bigger than you imagined. In the spring we decided to remove and replace the overgrown shrubs in the planter in front of the shop. We cleared the planter which revealed that the area behind the missing shrubs and concrete in front of it desperately needed a serious pressure wash. This small job quickly became a deep clean to the front of the entire shop. The cleaning revealed that the paint on our twenty-one-year-old shop building and our signage looked somewhat faded and aged. And so it was decided before we planted the new shrubbery that a repair, and refresh was in order. The shop is already looking much better! Stay tuned for the final result soon…
Going green
Julianne painted the first coat of green on the flower light posts and bases today. The ends were left unpainted so we could weld on the light fixtures when they arrive. These will get a couple more coats of paint to ensure a long life.
